Focusing on our most important work (so that we can get it out the door and create value) is hard. It’s harder still when work suddenly picks up, is unfamiliar, or arrives with immediate deadlines when we are already busy.

Our Sept. 22, 2017, episode of QDL was decidely techie, covering artifical intelligence, the internet of things, Manufacturing Day, and a cool color-matching tool that uses your smart phone.

(Phillips Precision: Boylston, MA) -- Phillips Precision has announced the latest in the uniquely designed, LEAN Inspection Arsenal product line—the Modular Tower System for coordinate measuring machine (CMM) inspection.

Every other day I stumble over an article about losing jobs to artificial intelligence (AI), AI being the demi-savior of mankind, or being the digital antichrist. So, exactly what is AI and what’s the big deal?

I recently saw an article with an image that included a quote from Antonio Banderas: “Expectation is the mother of all frustration.”